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mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> we are back from our perch here at the site of the republican convention. more with our roundtable. first, want to go to the map. mike murphy i do want to talk to you about this akin controversy, as well. >> sure. >> as i talk to women this week, i can't imagine that anybody thinks it's a good idea for mitt romney that you not only are going to energize democratic women, but there's a lot of republican women who heard this man, were disgusted by it, and frankly do not want to focus on what goes on with their bodies and their health, even in their own party. >> well, like, akin was a gift to harry reid. in the old days, the gender gap in kansas city we'd lock him in the hudson and take him to the state line. unfortunately, here's something to remember about akin. two-thirds of republicans in the primary in missouri voted against this guy. he had about 7% of the real eligible number of all voters. so he's got no mandate. everybody in the party except eise
mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> we are back from our perch here at the site of the republican convention. more with our roundtable. first, want to go to the map. mike murphy i do want to talk to you about this akin controversy, as well. >> sure. >> as i talk to women this week, i can't imagine that anybody thinks it's a good idea for mitt romney that you not only are going...
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not for romney. but for the conservative movement that wants to stop romney, if they can't one of their guys to beat him in south carolina, the race is over. chris: my experience tells me that the phenomenon is always waiting around the corner. at some point, romney may make a mistake. he's not perfect. he may do something or something in his past will erupt. >> the key fact is that i'm guessing, maybe not 75% of republican voters are against him, but, you know, at least 2/3 really don't want to vote for him. they may have to because they may have no choice. chris: the meter is going to clear this up. 12 of our regulars. will republicans get more enthusiastic for romney as he gets closer to clinching it or will he get there without ever exciting republicans? eight say he gets it without enthusiastic voters. four say that enthusiasm will rise as he gets closer. andrea, you're with the eight who says this guy is going to cruise into port and no excitement. >> he's got babe buchanan now on his side. alv
not for romney. but for the conservative movement that wants to stop romney, if they can't one of their guys to beat him in south carolina, the race is over. chris: my experience tells me that the phenomenon is always waiting around the corner. at some point, romney may make a mistake. he's not perfect. he may do something or something in his past will erupt. >> the key fact is that i'm guessing, maybe not 75% of republican voters are against him, but, you know, at least 2/3 really don't...
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romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. nd former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll for where this race stands, chuck todd has the numbers. this is significant. >> this is among likely voters, david. 47%, 47%. not all tied races are equal. the president sitting at 47% if this were the sunday before election day there would be a lot of concerns in chicago. they want to be at 48% or 49%. sitting at 47% is good for a challenger, not a good number for an incumbent. let's go inside the numbers a little bit. the gender gap. you brought it up. among men, romney, a 10-point lead. let's go to women. this is interesting. presiden
romney's debate sparring partner. joining us live from the debate site >>> plus, our roundtable weighs in. from "the new york times," columnist tom friedman. and white house correspondent helean cooper. nd former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers.ne cooper. and former white house press secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. >>> from nbc news in washington, it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> the...
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romney's home states. arizona, i can make an argument that gingrich should do fairly well there. it's a very conservative state. but his position on immigration, i think the romney people will be able to exploit it and make it a liability for him there. he could go 0 for the next 6, going into super tuesday, and that's a problem. >> meantime, doris kearns goodwin, you have the president, president obama who got into the game big. when you are president you can give the state of the union address and reach 40 million people, even if the numbers are down. here is the cover of a magazine, and it shows president obama watching the super bowl and it's gingrich and romney tackling each other. what kind of week did president obama have in unveiling his campaign strategy? >> well, a good week. the more course the language between the republicans the more they lose as a brand for the party. it's the worst that i have seen in a while. it is. not as bad as van buren, they have not descended to that. sarah palin is an
romney's home states. arizona, i can make an argument that gingrich should do fairly well there. it's a very conservative state. but his position on immigration, i think the romney people will be able to exploit it and make it a liability for him there. he could go 0 for the next 6, going into super tuesday, and that's a problem. >> meantime, doris kearns goodwin, you have the president, president obama who got into the game big. when you are president you can give the state of the union...
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why am i for romney? i'm for mitt romney because i'm working with the wind in my face. this unemployment number it means the wind is stronger in my face in ohio. he will fight the budget, cut taxes, provide certainty, stream line regulations. that is what i need in ohio. >> you mention the strength in ohio. a battle ground state, unemployment numbers then and now. in ohio in the third quarter 9.8%. you see florida, nevada, colorado and virginia. look at the numbers now. you are at 7.4% in ohio. florida down. nevada, colorado and virginia. what you didn't mention and what the president would is that the auto bailout created jobs not just in that sector but in sectors that rely upon it. is there not credit for the president there? >> i'm glad the auto industry -- >> romney would not have bailed them out. >> i'm not here to debate -- >> that's a fact. you said what turned ohio around several things and you did not mention the auto bailout. >> 73,000 jobs created in the last since '11. how many direct in the auto industry? 1,800. what we have done in ohio is diversified the
why am i for romney? i'm for mitt romney because i'm working with the wind in my face. this unemployment number it means the wind is stronger in my face in ohio. he will fight the budget, cut taxes, provide certainty, stream line regulations. that is what i need in ohio. >> you mention the strength in ohio. a battle ground state, unemployment numbers then and now. in ohio in the third quarter 9.8%. you see florida, nevada, colorado and virginia. look at the numbers now. you are at 7.4% in...
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mitt romney now has a running mate. through a smartphone app romney named paul ryan as his vp choice. >> the official introduction came an hour ago. steve handelsman has the latest on the big announcement now. >> reporter: thanks, good morning. here is the official written announcement from the romney campaign that it is paul ryan. if you're like many americans, sick of the personal attack ads and the petty politics of 2012, you might welcome ryan into this race. even many democratic lawmakers up here on capitol hill who despise what they call ryan's radical fiscal approach say he's a big thinker about the important issues. it's official. this is the team. the romney campaign this morning announced paul ryan is his pick for the 2012 republican ticket. the congressman campaigned with romney in april in wisconsin, ryan's home state. >> the next president of the united states, governor mitt romney. >> romney will introduce ryan as his running mate in virginia this morning. at age 42, ryan is a self-described republican you
mitt romney now has a running mate. through a smartphone app romney named paul ryan as his vp choice. >> the official introduction came an hour ago. steve handelsman has the latest on the big announcement now. >> reporter: thanks, good morning. here is the official written announcement from the romney campaign that it is paul ryan. if you're like many americans, sick of the personal attack ads and the petty politics of 2012, you might welcome ryan into this race. even many...
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on the government or romney's possession on women's health issues. >> romney says he's going to cut loopholes, but won't name they will. romney said i'm going to replace obama care, but won't say with that. >> romney clearly came to play, standing toe to toe with the president. through plenty of fireworks. >> your title is the president of an airplane and house, but not your own facts. >> now, governor romney's proposal that he's been promoting for 18 months calls for a $5 trillion tax cut on top of $2 trillion of additional spending for our military. >> i don't have a tax cut of a scale you're talking about. we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class, but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. >> however, independent fact checkers say romney's plan adds up to nearly $5 trillion and would give the biggest breaks to the highest. romney made a point of saying he'd cut the budget for pbs, even to jim lehrer. >> i like pbs, big bird. i actually love you, too, but i'm not going to keep on spending money on things to b r borrow money from
on the government or romney's possession on women's health issues. >> romney says he's going to cut loopholes, but won't name they will. romney said i'm going to replace obama care, but won't say with that. >> romney clearly came to play, standing toe to toe with the president. through plenty of fireworks. >> your title is the president of an airplane and house, but not your own facts. >> now, governor romney's proposal that he's been promoting for 18 months calls for a...
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>> probably in the case of romney. chris: this is dull politics but the alternatives to romney, i get the sense they don't have anything to beat him with. >> one of the things i talk to, senate republicans, and do my own poll, i have yet to find one who does not think romney will be the nominee so that tells me they default to prodigious fundraiser, who was the best surrogate last time. there also seems to be more enthusiasm about the upcoming generation of republicans. it also seems the greater the intensity against the incumbent, the harder it is for people to have two wells of fire, one against the fire and simultaneously for their candidate. chris: twhoon has fire is rick perry. he's using his big debate moment so far. here's the ad that exploits the big moment in the last debate. >> i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. we hired a lawn company that mowed our lawn and they had illegal immigrants. hypocrisy. there are a lot of reasons not to elect me. chris: perry's got $15 million in his pocket, cash
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it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration date? >> i think so, don't you? >> the cayman islands, bermuda. >> that's one year of tax returns. democrats look at 10 years. >> the romney folks think, i get to the convention, they'll move on. >> and he really opened himself up. this is why candidates don't like taking questions in some circumstances because he had in a previous interview said, i'll go back and look and someone followed up and said, did you look and he didn't -- he gave us a number. no less than 13% and he will have to provide another full report of what he paid for 2011. they've only does the estimate so far.
it has sort of generically hurt romney. the romneys don't want to do this. you get the feeling his aides would love to release it and get it out of the way? >> the one thing the obama people keep saying is there has to be a reason why he hasn't released the tax returns and that's starting to resonate with voters, as well. the longer this goes on and as far as the obama campaign is concerned, they'd love for it to go on until election day. >> do you feel it's getting to an expiration...
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] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. i learned early on if you want to make a difference you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig,
] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a major city. i learned early on if you want to make a difference you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig,
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the question is, which romney are voters going to get? which romney would they elect. the liberal one who ran for senate in '94, the pragmatic governor, the candidate of this year's gop primary? all politicians change positions over time. his changes raise questions over his core principles and make the details all the more troubling. would he stand-up to his own party, especially house republicans who undercut ohioan john boehner's attempts. how do you respond to that? >> look at his record. the guy created jobs. he's a job creator. we need that. jobs are the greatest moral issue when people are working, families are stronger. number two, he was governor of massachusetts. they went from deficits to surpluses from job loss to job creation. then you look at the olympics where he was a pure leader. look at his history. it tells you who he is. he's pragmatic, no question about it. he's also tough, firm and understands job creation. in terms of people not getting him, the first debate, i have never seen a debate have this much impact. the first debate gave people the chanc
the question is, which romney are voters going to get? which romney would they elect. the liberal one who ran for senate in '94, the pragmatic governor, the candidate of this year's gop primary? all politicians change positions over time. his changes raise questions over his core principles and make the details all the more troubling. would he stand-up to his own party, especially house republicans who undercut ohioan john boehner's attempts. how do you respond to that? >> look at his...
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it was about a rejection of mitt romney. michele bachmann, a rejection of mitt romney. newt gingrich, a rejection of mitt romney. and now newt gingrich rejection two, and it's a rejection of mitt romney. we put him out in congress in 1988 because he sold us out in spending and taxes and he went to the floor and sided with democrats in his last speech, calling us the perfectionist caucus, and he is an opportunists. here is the problem, so is mitt romney. and the republican establishment in washington gave us $5 trillion of debt during the bush era, and took the surplus and turned it into a $1.5 trillion deficit. and george bush promising to end tyranny across the globe. and the conservative movement is saying stop. and newt gingrich will not be the final choice, but we are not handing this off to mitt romney for right now. >> what newt is doing and what is great at, is playing the music and piano of resentment, we have a lot of mad people. but the reason liquor sales have doubled, is because hard whisky is going to the republican office and champagne is going to the nanc
it was about a rejection of mitt romney. michele bachmann, a rejection of mitt romney. newt gingrich, a rejection of mitt romney. and now newt gingrich rejection two, and it's a rejection of mitt romney. we put him out in congress in 1988 because he sold us out in spending and taxes and he went to the floor and sided with democrats in his last speech, calling us the perfectionist caucus, and he is an opportunists. here is the problem, so is mitt romney. and the republican establishment in...
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can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win south carolina. >> and if they are going to drive the out come, the social consub-tive leaders meet in texas, and they say the guy is rick santorum. but you heard speaker gingrich, who said i don't think he's going anywhere. what is the impact of their vote over the weekend? >> well the evangelical vote will be hurnlg, and a strong turnout, but you have to consider you have three people going after the evangelical vote strongly. it's hard to find a single candidate that rallies all of the christian voters in south carolina, and therefor
can the romney jug nunt be derailed. you said if the election were held tomorrow, you are saying it would be newt gingrich who would win south carolina. who do you think will win now? >> i think the debates, i think, will be outcome determinative. and if for some reason he is not derailed here and mitt romney wins south carolina, i think it should be over. there would be quite a testament to his ability as a candidate and campaign, and i hope the party would rally around him if he did win...
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mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strengthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> an unbelievable scene in australia. a news helicopter spots a fisherman in the water. the man had been treading water forever 20 hours. the
mitt romney will restore the work requirement, because it works. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what caused the...
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no love for romney. how can a party fueled by the tea parties pick romney who would never be caught dead at a tea party meeting, who won't recite the tea party creed that barack obama is a socialist. and finally, dance being in the streets, has the left found its voice? has the anger over joblessness and wall street greed finally awoken the sleeping giant? and can it find a leader and can it be the man in the white house? hi. i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, hdnet, dan rather, bbc's katty kay. bloomberg tv's lizzie o'leary. and the huffington post, howard fineman. first up, a year and a month from now we will either say yes to a new four-year term for president obama or turn the job over to either mitt romney or rick perry. that's now. what it looks like is the true choice. the latest polls are very tough for president obama. 55% of voters say they do not believe he will win. so if you're romney, on top in g.o.p. polls you might be very hopeful. but not so fast, mitt. consider thes
no love for romney. how can a party fueled by the tea parties pick romney who would never be caught dead at a tea party meeting, who won't recite the tea party creed that barack obama is a socialist. and finally, dance being in the streets, has the left found its voice? has the anger over joblessness and wall street greed finally awoken the sleeping giant? and can it find a leader and can it be the man in the white house? hi. i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, hdnet, dan...
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mitt romney has spoken in tampa. arguing the president has fallen well short of his goals. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> now it's the president and the democrats who counter in charlotte. the issue, taxes and spending. debt and entitlement programs like medicare, and key voting groups like women, and latinos. making the case for the white house this morning, an architect of mr. obama's first term, now the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel. also, a special discussion on the politics and strategy of the race. by showcasing ann romney and offering more personal details about himself, did romney forge a new connection with undecided voters? and how will president obama defend himself and his record this week when he takes the stage thursday night? with us, former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich. nbc's tom brokaw. "new york times" columnist tom friedman. presidential historian doris kearns goodwin. and
mitt romney has spoken in tampa. arguing the president has fallen well short of his goals. >> president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. >> now it's the president and the democrats who counter in charlotte. the issue, taxes and spending. debt and entitlement programs like medicare, and key voting groups like women, and latinos. making the case for the white house this morning, an architect of...
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does and i think that's a big problem for romney. >> by the way, i think the romney people made that decision one week too soon. >> let's bottom line it, joe. are they eventually going to fall in love with mitt romney or overcome their problems and go for newt? >> problem with newt is, already, in interviews this week, he's referring to himself as newt and also as we. you could feel the helium filling his head and he'll explode. >> gillian, romney, newt? >> i think romney will come through in the end but without a lot of passion. >> helene? >> i'm going for newt. >> the smart money is on romney. >> before we break, newt was a favorite "saturday night live" target in his house speaker days. comedian chris farley really captured his bulldozer approach to legislating. >> let's go, let's go, let's go, mr. delay. >> motion massachusetts no longer be a state. >> aye! >> farley was so identified with newt that when the real newt was celebrating the first 100 days of his g.o.p. congress in 1995, his chief lieutenant had a big surprise for him. >> we'd like to introduce the speaker of the hou
does and i think that's a big problem for romney. >> by the way, i think the romney people made that decision one week too soon. >> let's bottom line it, joe. are they eventually going to fall in love with mitt romney or overcome their problems and go for newt? >> problem with newt is, already, in interviews this week, he's referring to himself as newt and also as we. you could feel the helium filling his head and he'll explode. >> gillian, romney, newt? >> i think...
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second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to hear. you know things aren't going well. you know you want to change. governor romney laid out a change, and in these debates he's been able to lay out what he's for and how it works. >> thanks. we'll be watching tomorrow night. >>> we're going to take a quick break. we're back with more, including a frompreview of what to expect tomorrow night. we'll talk about foreign policy and some of the other issues that will come up and look at the strategy and the state of the race i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to t
second, governor romney has a plan. and that's one thing that you've heard from a lot of folks already this morning on the show, is that the president is out there attacking a plan. now he's mischaracterizing it. but at least governor romney has a vision for the future. and he's got the plan to put america back to work. that's not what you hear from president obama. he's talking about four more years of the last four years. if you're an undecided voter in ohio today, that's not what you want to...
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mitt romney. slight gender gap advantage for the president. he leads by eight among women. mitt romney leads by seven among men. what's interesting about the figure is it is the exact final number from the poll from 2004 with bush when he was at 48% and john kerry was at 47%. one of the reasons for the slight uptick for the president, remember we had them at 47-47 two weeks ago. look at this job approval on the handling of sandy. 68% approve. 15% disapprove. we haven't seen numbers like this for a single event for the president in his handling of an event since bin laden. >> you were talking about it looking a lot like 2004. back then, the osama bin laden tape was a late break in the campaign. now hurricane sandy will be affecting the vote. >>> earlier this morning, before he left with the president for a full day of campaigning in new hampshire, florida, ohio, and colorado, i spoke to white house senior adviser david plouffe. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you for having me, david. >>
mitt romney. slight gender gap advantage for the president. he leads by eight among women. mitt romney leads by seven among men. what's interesting about the figure is it is the exact final number from the poll from 2004 with bush when he was at 48% and john kerry was at 47%. one of the reasons for the slight uptick for the president, remember we had them at 47-47 two weeks ago. look at this job approval on the handling of sandy. 68% approve. 15% disapprove. we haven't seen numbers like this...
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we've got to destroy romney. this year both conventions are going to be about romney. there's going to be a convention trying to break him through, connecting on the economy and jobs. then you're going to have a democratic election which i don't think is going to be about president obama. they've thrown in the towel on that. it's going to be about ruining romney. we won't really know what's going on in the polls and all this i think until late september after we go through all this. and i frankly think if romney can use his speech to put a positive vision going forward it will be a good contrast to the tone of the campaign that will do him a lot of good. >> governor brewer you also have, if there's a lot of work for romney to do, to break through some of the negative advertising, as you say, and mike said, there's also some issues that the party has right now. i mean here you have congresswoman akin with his comments about rape, that talked about abortion, doing a lot of damage. the entire republican establishment, including mitt romney saying get out, and he says no.
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david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have the house sort of pulling back to the right on all sorts of issues and that's going to be complicated. >> state legislatures have made things hard for him too. the war on women issues, georgia, around the country. chris: and finally, look at hispanics. among those who would definitely made their choice, obama gets 47%. half the hispanic voters inn this country have made up their mind for obama. particularly astounding when you look at his record. he said he was for immigration and hasn't pursued it at all. he has deported more than any other president. there is enormous latino disappointment yet there is
david, i think ann romney comes across as more regular than romney and that's why he uses her. >> yeah, both obama and romney struggle to come off as regular and both their wives kim off as more regular. clearly that's a help. what's complicated for romney is congress. we have a very conservative republican house who believes quite deeply in a lot of conservative principles that don't poll especially well with women and as romney is trying to tack to the center he's often going to have...
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a picture of mitt romney's father. by the way, folklore has it the headline "jimmy who" that was used to describe the once-unknown jimmy carter came from dorothy's husband who had trouble hearing governor carter introduce himself in the score and he asked jimmy who? and that moment stuck and propelled carter's campaign. that is our broadcast on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. of course, we'll be back on the air with you tonight with results from here in new hampshire, wall to wall coverage tonight on msnbc, of course, and a complete wrap-up on your late local news. i'm brian williams. we as always hope to see you right back here tomorrow od night.
a picture of mitt romney's father. by the way, folklore has it the headline "jimmy who" that was used to describe the once-unknown jimmy carter came from dorothy's husband who had trouble hearing governor carter introduce himself in the score and he asked jimmy who? and that moment stuck and propelled carter's campaign. that is our broadcast on this tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. of course, we'll be back on the air with you tonight with results from here in new...
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they said romney left two people out in the street. romney was gone by then. they said they were loading up debt and dumping them. these companies have no higher default rates and starting negative not only distracts you, but also damages his personal reputation. e.j.? >> first of all, when george bush began his 2004 campaign against john kerry he began the attacks in february and march, so i don't see -- i didn't see any republicans saying the president should never attack his opponents and secondly the argument over bain is part of the substantive argument over the future of american capitalism. first, it's romney from the beginning was saying his role as a job creator at bain was the key reason why he should be president. thanks to this exchange even rush limbaugh has said no, private equity companies are not about creating jobs, but if you go back in the history it's one of the things we talk about about in my book, we argue about the nature of capitalism from the very beginning whether it's hamilton and clay arguing about manufacturing and andrew jackson
they said romney left two people out in the street. romney was gone by then. they said they were loading up debt and dumping them. these companies have no higher default rates and starting negative not only distracts you, but also damages his personal reputation. e.j.? >> first of all, when george bush began his 2004 campaign against john kerry he began the attacks in february and march, so i don't see -- i didn't see any republicans saying the president should never attack his opponents...
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romney. >> governor romney. >> mitt romney. >> governor romney. >> didn't know were you a spokesperson for mitt romney. chris: those romney madmen who he cooked up those ads, obsession. the obama crowd may not be obsessed at least not yet but they're definitely already focused on romney. and they confess they're disappointed that romney's emerging from the primaries so unbloodied. by his opponents. >> i don't know that his positions have been scrutinized that carefully. i know governor perry has made some halting efforts to do that in these debates. but he hasn't exactly got -- gotten the gun out of the holster. chris: rough talk. gun out of the holster. but they seem to be bugged and you heard it from axelrod talking to reporters that nobody has done any damage to romney in all these fights. >> well, give romney credit and his campaign credit. he took a page from the richard nixon book from 1968. limits his access to the press. so you have to give romney a lot of credit. i think the obama people are right to be concerned about it. i am not of the group that says romney has this tied u
romney. >> governor romney. >> mitt romney. >> governor romney. >> didn't know were you a spokesperson for mitt romney. chris: those romney madmen who he cooked up those ads, obsession. the obama crowd may not be obsessed at least not yet but they're definitely already focused on romney. and they confess they're disappointed that romney's emerging from the primaries so unbloodied. by his opponents. >> i don't know that his positions have been scrutinized that...
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romney wanted the bankruptcy. what romney didn't say but he should have, there would have had to be a government liquidity loan to get the new thing up on his feet. >> he's not saying that. when you listen to what he wanted to do it was, okay, gm, triage. you can't do triage. it is still one of the largest companies in the world. >> the bankruptcy was the triage. they off load pension debt. give chrysler to fiat. the government put in billions and billions of dollars. >> take local issues like mine. investinginfrastructure. romney's talking about not investing in those things. he's talking about giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people in this country. >> this is why bain actually does matter. because it needs to be used to talk about the bigger issue. bain fundamentally is about two conflicting visions. i don't entirely agree with how you see the visions. this is about a president who thinks that private business is bad. you need bigger government, more regulation, higher taxes, all of those things and people l
romney wanted the bankruptcy. what romney didn't say but he should have, there would have had to be a government liquidity loan to get the new thing up on his feet. >> he's not saying that. when you listen to what he wanted to do it was, okay, gm, triage. you can't do triage. it is still one of the largest companies in the world. >> the bankruptcy was the triage. they off load pension debt. give chrysler to fiat. the government put in billions and billions of dollars. >> take...
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i think george romney forms the central axis in mitt romney's life and when you see him follow his father's footsteps from business leader to governor to presidentialas prant. i was shocked, he had never seen the brainwashed interview. i showed it to him a few years ago when i was doing a profile of it and to watch his face sort of dissolve and kind of relax is as -- seeing this interview, that it really changed the course of his life. they -- the romney family never looked back. but in his mind, i think there is this idea that this is what he's supposed to do. to finish the job his father couldn't. chris: we've had a president like that. george w. who a lot of people, all psychobabble to some extent but a lot of people believe he tried to do a lot of things like go into iraq because his father didn't "finish the job." is it like that? is it that driven? >> more of the path that was set. his father was never a president so he doesn't have that sort of record to correct or to alter from. and i don't see the push and pull with george w. bush and his father, the kind of difference in them. alt
i think george romney forms the central axis in mitt romney's life and when you see him follow his father's footsteps from business leader to governor to presidentialas prant. i was shocked, he had never seen the brainwashed interview. i showed it to him a few years ago when i was doing a profile of it and to watch his face sort of dissolve and kind of relax is as -- seeing this interview, that it really changed the course of his life. they -- the romney family never looked back. but in his...
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does this mean romney is the one? chris: remember what reagan said about not speaking ill, if taking the white house is within reach has the 11th commandment come back to rule. romney and huntsman are members of the church of latter day saints. will it be something that an american dares to raise. with us today, politico's john harris, msnbc's o'donnell and michelle cottle and major garrett. presidential race seems to be taking shape and president obama's vulnerability became clear with the disastrous employment numbers. and with this performance, mitt romney stepped out in front of the rest of the pack and the republicans believe now in his chances. in a new cnn poll, 2/3 of republican voters say romney could beat barack obama. here are his pluses. the economic bad times fit in his business career. he seems like the guy who is presidential. the tea party may want to beat obama enough to compromise toward him. and history tells us that republicans nearly always nominate the early front runner from nixon to reagan to b
does this mean romney is the one? chris: remember what reagan said about not speaking ill, if taking the white house is within reach has the 11th commandment come back to rule. romney and huntsman are members of the church of latter day saints. will it be something that an american dares to raise. with us today, politico's john harris, msnbc's o'donnell and michelle cottle and major garrett. presidential race seems to be taking shape and president obama's vulnerability became clear with the...
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chris: or romney. i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing. hardly the first to notice that two days before he stood add that podium to endorse romney, "saturday night live" had this exit, he was pleading with republicans to like romney. >> listen up. you have to start showing governor romney some respect. i mean, how do you think he feels watching you like everybody more than i am. he is a nice man in a clean suit that wants to be president. where are your manners? it's like he took you to a fancy dinner and a nightclub and you spent the whole night grinding on the sweaty guy from new je
chris: or romney. i heard this week that all obama has to do is say to mitt romney to the voters, he is on the far right. you don't want him. he is just like perry and the rest of them. is that convincing? >> no, because it doesn't stick with who romney is. >> exactly. he doesn't seem like a far right. >> he can't decide. is mitt romney a flip flomer or a tool of the tea party, not both. chris: chris cristi came around to mitt romney this week. what was amazing was his timing....
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chris: the toughest questions for mitt romney. thanks to david ignatius, katty kay, helene cooper and major garrett. and that's the show. thanks. we'll see you back here next week as we celebrate believe it we'll see you back here next week as we celebrate believe it or not our 10th anniversary.
chris: the toughest questions for mitt romney. thanks to david ignatius, katty kay, helene cooper and major garrett. and that's the show. thanks. we'll see you back here next week as we celebrate believe it we'll see you back here next week as we celebrate believe it or not our 10th anniversary.
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destroy romney. this is part of what they wrote, the second aspect of the campaign to define romney is his record as ceo of bain, a firm that was responsible for both creating and eliminating jobs. obama officials intend to frame romney as the very picture of greed in the great recession, a sort of political gordon gekko. in other words, both things can be true. you can excavate his record at bain and you can also be distracting from a slow economy that you're presiding over. >> what we need to get back to talking about is how did we get out of the great depression? and what can we do to get out of where we are right now. we're kind of boxed in as a country. you know, right now, this president should be pushing forward further go talking about job creation. quite frankly romney should be forced to talk about what are one, two, three acts of creating jobs. he's not talking about it. he said look we all are suffering from 14.4% joblessness or 14.2%. but he wouldn't go further and say this is how. this
destroy romney. this is part of what they wrote, the second aspect of the campaign to define romney is his record as ceo of bain, a firm that was responsible for both creating and eliminating jobs. obama officials intend to frame romney as the very picture of greed in the great recession, a sort of political gordon gekko. in other words, both things can be true. you can excavate his record at bain and you can also be distracting from a slow economy that you're presiding over. >> what we...
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>> it's critical to mitt romney. he really does have to show his stuff there, and he has to-- he has to change his emage. he has the image of a kru club republican. he has to go after president obama in a coherent way with a real message. but, you know, history tells me, bob, that generally speaking, the challenger does gain from the first debate. it will be a surprise if he doesn't gain. and he very much needs to. he needs to get some momentum. based on history, i would say the odds favor mitt romney in the first debate. >> schieffer: let me ask you about your home state, virginia. your center is headquartered at u.v.a. what's happening there? is this going to come down to virginia? a lot of people think it might. >> well, it could. obviously, it would have to be very close to come down to virginia with 13 electoral vote. i'll tell you, it's caused me to question some of the polls because based on everything i know about verg, everything i've seen, i think the real margin is actually quite close. i would give presid
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>> i interviewed with romney. chris: when you walk around, do people give you trouble because they think you're rich? >> they like the show, they're giving me high-five's. i don't fear disconnect between the guys down there in real life. but i have to say, i think romney has to go with the second generation of romney which is the job creator. when i met romney, it was, we rationalized the work force which is another word for fire. chris: do you think people look up to this good looking guy, romney, who looks like presidents all look like, he seems to have a perfect life, perfect family, do they resent that or do they like him? >> i think -- romney, fundamentally, is a technocrat. he is not mr. personality but i don't think the american people at this point care about personality. they want someone who can solve problems and fix things and i think, too, you know, the whole movement to demonize millionaires and billionaires will backfire, too. and it's unauthentic of obama to keep insisting on this, because, look, h
>> i interviewed with romney. chris: when you walk around, do people give you trouble because they think you're rich? >> they like the show, they're giving me high-five's. i don't fear disconnect between the guys down there in real life. but i have to say, i think romney has to go with the second generation of romney which is the job creator. when i met romney, it was, we rationalized the work force which is another word for fire. chris: do you think people look up to this good...
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you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they can't put these guys away with that kind of negative campaign. why do they think they can put obama away with it? >> that's the big question. what they've had up to now is an overwhelming financial advantage on tv. chris: air superiority, to use a phrase. >> exactly. they've come in and beat up the other guys and they've come out on top barely. they're not going to be able to do that against the president in the fall. his financial advantage goigs to be at least on par, if not overwhelming. chris: the president will play defense. he's saying we've got the economy coming back. we took
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romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks wagts all day to talk to you, so i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know, you won the coin toss, so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein, who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others is when i graduate i'll have little chance to get employment. what can you say to reassure but more importantly my parents i can sufficiently support myself after i graduate? >> thank you, jeremy. i appreciate your question, and thank you for being here this evening and to all of those from nassau county that have come. thank you for your time. thank you to hofstra university and candy crowley for organizing and leading this event. thank you, mr. president, for being part of this debate. your question is one that's being asked by college
romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> gentlemen, thank you both for joining us here tonight. we have a lot of folks wagts all day to talk to you, so i want to get right to it. governor romney, as you know, you won the coin toss, so the first question will go to you. i want to turn to a first-time voter, jeremy epstein, who has a question for you. >> mr. president, governor romney, as a 20-year-old college student all i hear from professors, neighbors and others is when i graduate i'll...
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they are using that issue against governor romney. here was the vice president on thursday. >> thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. you have to ask yourself, had governor romney been president, could he have used the same slogan in reverse? >> the argument's clear. governor romney would not have made killing bin laden a priority. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. he's managed to turn it into a divisive, partisan, political attack that former defense secretary frank karluchi for president reagan called sad. john mccain calm called shamefu >> it's interesting if you cam pair it to the president you worked for, president bush, the same sort of tactics that were used in a lot of people's eyes. here's an example back in 2004 of an ad he ran. he was running for re-election. let me show it to you. >> i'm george w. bush and i aproou this message. >> the last few years have tested america in many ways. some challenges we've seen
they are using that issue against governor romney. here was the vice president on thursday. >> thanks to president obama, bin laden is dead and general motors is alive. you have to ask yourself, had governor romney been president, could he have used the same slogan in reverse? >> the argument's clear. governor romney would not have made killing bin laden a priority. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american...
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even those who oppose mitt romney, that's not a criticism that's often lodged. what disqualifies him from running the country in your judgment? >> i take colin powell's point of view, when he says that you know, the president rescueed the economy when it was failing, romney never gives him credit for that, which would be the fair thing to do. the president didn't inherit a healthy economy but a great recession caused by bush, two wars and previous administration. and also general powell talks about how that his foreign decisions, i'll keep troops in afghanistan, won't keep troops in afghanistan, these indesisive things are not what makes the word go around. i personally was with david cameron when mitt romney came to london to talk about the olympics and managed to insult the british. the british, our number one ally by criticizing their handling of the olympics. david cameron said, mitt romney has achieved the impossible, united every party in england against him. >> john, what are the criticisms even on left about president obama, there's been some frustration
even those who oppose mitt romney, that's not a criticism that's often lodged. what disqualifies him from running the country in your judgment? >> i take colin powell's point of view, when he says that you know, the president rescueed the economy when it was failing, romney never gives him credit for that, which would be the fair thing to do. the president didn't inherit a healthy economy but a great recession caused by bush, two wars and previous administration. and also general powell...
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you can tear mitt romney down but he let him back in in denver because romney with all the money they've spent millions and millions they've spent, hammered away on romney to make him unacceptable. he's now acceptable. chris: does everyone agree with that? the president has to make a case for four more years. he for whatever reason hasn't done it. >> it's the central mystery of this campaign, why he hasn't laid out what he's going to do. is it military reform, tax reform -- chris: is it auto industry. >> he decided not to do this. >> i don't know when the moment will come. is it after the election? chris: i don't know that attacking the other guy is going to work. >> if you were to put obama on truce, here's what i would do, it wouldn't be politically popular. the fact that he wants to cut a deal immediately following the election that would cut entitlements. chris: why doesn't he say something about the auto industry? >> the auto industry is popular in key states but not popular in other states. chris: let's get to libya. he's got to have closure. >> he's got to have closure on monday n
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twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping the mitt romney campaign. chris: -- >> both b's. i think the president didn't have much vision for the future in his campaign. tell us enough about what he wants to do in the next four years. until late in the game. mitt romney never told us who he was. chris: let's go to the other colgate right here. grade inflation taking over colgate right now? two b's for these candidates? >> well, i'll give them both c pluses, ok? and here's the reason. i think this has been one of the least satisfying, most -- >> right. >> draining and dispiriting campaigns i've ever covered. and i've covered a lot of of them. and the reason is there's no list of a driving dream from either side it doesn't seem to me. this is every bit as much of a slog and a ground war and sort of battle in which everybody -- chris: so well said. >> everybody is attacking
twice what romney has. they've been running -- chris: lawyers in cleveland. >> and may not have been able to win a lot of the message wars but on the ground they are really swamping the mitt romney campaign. chris: -- >> both b's. i think the president didn't have much vision for the future in his campaign. tell us enough about what he wants to do in the next four years. until late in the game. mitt romney never told us who he was. chris: let's go to the other colgate right here....
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romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second look? he talks about he doesn't want to gut financial reform. >> he said that back in january. >> touting health care instead of talking about replacing it all the time? >> he is talking about replacing obama care, which is part of how he pays for his tax cuts. he cuts out all the spending put into obama care. let me go back to one example hilary used. 86% of the country favors an energy independence plan which romney is campaigning on. ohio, five counties in eastern ohio that have five billion barrels of oil. something people didn't even know a year and a h
romney was in trouble. then romney got an unfiltered shot. and everybody has taken a second look at him. the real question to me for the campaign is can the romney campaign take this moment and run with it. if so, the obama campaign which will only get more negative, that's what fear does to a campaign, will look smaller and smaller. >> i know you want to respond, but can i just talk tactics here? speaker, are we going to see mitt the moderate now? is this what he's doing with this second...
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that's a fundamental difference between him and mitt romney and the reason why mitt romney's going to be elected. because mitt romney believes that businesses create johns. let me give you a small example. we've got a tral and a half dollars sitting overseas. double the stimulus package. all we have to do is bring that money home, these companies that are hodding that money promise to invest and hire, and we could have a stimulus to our economy. why is it that the obama administration won't bring that money home? it's because they want to tax them. the highest corporate tax rate in the world is in the united states of america. this is a kind of no-brainer stuff that because of his view of government, that it keeps us from doing these things. >> but there is another similarity when it comes to how to deal with, and how to evaluate mitt romney's business record at bain but also his experience of being governor of massachusetts. this has been the subject of an attack by president obama against mitt romney, because mitt romney says, look, i understand how to create jobs, i was in the priv
that's a fundamental difference between him and mitt romney and the reason why mitt romney's going to be elected. because mitt romney believes that businesses create johns. let me give you a small example. we've got a tral and a half dollars sitting overseas. double the stimulus package. all we have to do is bring that money home, these companies that are hodding that money promise to invest and hire, and we could have a stimulus to our economy. why is it that the obama administration won't...
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give me a break. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. rd.omney ] i'm mitt romney it's ended friendships, started wars and provokes prejudice every day. don't assume anything. get to know people who aren't like you. we're stronger together the more you know. chris: welcome back. politico employee -- political pros think mitt romney has one big shot at winning this thing, the first debate with president obama. this week's big question, will romney win that big debate? >> i have no idea. it's the single most important hour between now and election day. chris: that's part of the question. what's the answer? >> i don't know. >> he's very good at debate. if he can hammer home on some of the economic numbers, that could give him an advantage. chris: i agree with that part. >> republicans have been counting on the first debate for a long time. we've been asking him about his convention speech and they're like, debates, debates, debates. >> i think it's going to be a blast. this will be the one hour thon campaign where we like both candidates bec
give me a break. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. rd.omney ] i'm mitt romney it's ended friendships, started wars and provokes prejudice every day. don't assume anything. get to know people who aren't like you. we're stronger together the more you know. chris: welcome back. politico employee -- political pros think mitt romney has one big shot at winning this thing, the first debate with president obama. this week's big question, will romney win that big debate? >> i...
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>> well, romney needs 50% of the delegates. on the current track that we are on now, the fact is what if romney doesn't get to that number? this is not a mathematical formula. the race has a tremendous amount of dynamics. there's a lot of states coming up that will be great states for us, like pennsylvania, and we have 72 delegates, and we should win if not all of them, the vast majority, and texas, last count i was up 30 points. remember, governor romney has been doing this for four years and he worked hard to make sure states moved up that were advantagious to him. and the news agency apportioned delegates that have nothing to do with the reality of where the delegates are going to be. iowa, we barely won iowa by 40 votes, and we had their conventions yesterday, and nobody has that in their count, and they have us winning by one vote and that's not going to be the case when the delegates from the caucuses are elected. and also you also know, a lot of the delegates are uncommitted. while they may be, you know, for romney, a lo
>> well, romney needs 50% of the delegates. on the current track that we are on now, the fact is what if romney doesn't get to that number? this is not a mathematical formula. the race has a tremendous amount of dynamics. there's a lot of states coming up that will be great states for us, like pennsylvania, and we have 72 delegates, and we should win if not all of them, the vast majority, and texas, last count i was up 30 points. remember, governor romney has been doing this for four...
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we start wit the lder, mitt romney, sonf george romney who tried to 1968. mitt romy has been in politics for 17 years, ran for the senate, lost to ted kennedy, ran for massacsetts governor and won. four years ago, he ran for president and lost. the party of "wait your turn," will ty say, now it's mitt's turn? and finally, pin the tail on the doey. house republicans will vote dnesday to repeal obama's health bill. the senates never going to buy it, the president won't sign it. what's the dea with us today, "new york magazine's" john heilemann, "politics dly's" alex wagner, nbc'kelly o'donnell d nbc's chuck todd. allhe republican action is i washington rightow but the real republicantory is the fight to beat barack obama next year andn that front the importa action isn't here in washington, it's out tre. right now, 12 armies are pitching tents, gathering strengge, gttinad rey. today we launch our 12 for '12 series putting a sharp e on the huge republican field. the possibilities are mitt romney, mike huckabee, sarah palin, newt gingrich, tim pawlenty, haley b
we start wit the lder, mitt romney, sonf george romney who tried to 1968. mitt romy has been in politics for 17 years, ran for the senate, lost to ted kennedy, ran for massacsetts governor and won. four years ago, he ran for president and lost. the party of "wait your turn," will ty say, now it's mitt's turn? and finally, pin the tail on the doey. house republicans will vote dnesday to repeal obama's health bill. the senates never going to buy it, the president won't sign it. what's...
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and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is seen. >> character counts. what we don't know is the public's perception of romney's character is. chris: that's a great question. something besides jobs, jobs, jobs. going along with the neocon serve actives. does he have the charact tore stand up to those forces? >> i think with independence, the issue is going to be how far he moves to the right during the primary campaign and whether he can get back to the center while being lambasted and being a flip flopper. >> people really need to get to know him. we're talking about the small num
and sometimes romney. did i almost say reagan -- romney will. >> >> chris: my sense for a while he's going to be talking about his jobs plan. at some point romney's going to have to come out with a jobs plan. >> of course. there are a lot of gaps that need to be filled with his policy but i agree with kelly overall. this is why it's hard to run against and incumbent president, particularly one while he is policies may not be popular is more of a likable guy than romney is...
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mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. will put work back iwelfare. you know what's exciting? graduation. when i look up into my students faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, ani am a phoenix. find the program that's right for you at phoenix.edu/beltway chris: welcome back. something a little different this week. a potential game-changing factor. a real game-changer that could upend things after p convention. don't count the debates. >> we blew out iran. well, israel blows out iran. that's a game-changer. rally around the president. but what position does he and what position does mitt romney take on that? chris: yeah, because he gets credit for it. >> he gets credit in helping israel. we're not going to say to israel, how dare you. chris: kelly? >> the game-changers would be that unforeseen events, whether it's overseas or domestic,
mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. will put work back iwelfare. you know what's exciting? graduation. when i look up into my students faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor. i'm committed to making a difference in people's lives, ani am a phoenix. find the program that's right for you at...
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but romney has two problems. the staunch conservatives, evangelical christians, tea partiers, overlapping groups. that's not the biggest deal, even though this could cause him problems because turnout might be just a little depressed among them, and he's going to have to waste some time rallying them when he would prefer to middle of the road voters. romney wins these primaries because he wins big over voters earning over $100,000 a year and especially over $200,000 a year. the republicans need to beat obama among white working-class voters. in "the new york times" this morning said romney is starting to look like a walking dollar sign, and that's what he's got to stop. and right now obama's doing well enough in the white working-class vote to win. but it is only march. >> let me talk about something bigger as i've been alluding to throughout the program. we had this moment this week with the president in the press conference talking about why he called sandra fluke after limbaugh had attacked her. and he was doi
but romney has two problems. the staunch conservatives, evangelical christians, tea partiers, overlapping groups. that's not the biggest deal, even though this could cause him problems because turnout might be just a little depressed among them, and he's going to have to waste some time rallying them when he would prefer to middle of the road voters. romney wins these primaries because he wins big over voters earning over $100,000 a year and especially over $200,000 a year. the republicans need...